Police searching for suspect in attempted abduction of 12-year-old girl in Three Rivers

Three Rivers police are searching for a suspect in the attempted abduction Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, of a 12-year-old girl.MLive File Photo

THREE RIVERS, MI – Police are searching for a man suspected of trying to abduct a 12-year-old girl after she got her school bus Wednesday afternoon in Three Rivers, authorities said.

The incident was reported just after 3:20 p.m. on South Constantine Street near King Street, according to the Three Rivers Police Department. The intersection is just a short distance from the girl’s school bus stop on Spring Street.

The girl told officers that the man drove a minivan across traffic lanes, pulled up next to her facing traffic and told her to get into the van, according to a news release issued by the police department.

When the girl declined to get into the van, police said the man “started yelling and using profanities still telling her to get into his van.”

“When she started to run away, the suspect opened the car door as if he was going to chase her,” police said in the news release.

Police described the man as a white male, possibly in his 40s. Police said the man had black hair, no facial hair and he was wearing black hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled over his head.

The man’s vehicle was described as an “older, boxy style minivan,” that is dark green in color and “dirty and rusty.” police said.

Police ask anyone with information about the incident or who may have been near the area of the incident on Wednesday to call the Three Rivers Police Department at 269-278-1235.

Rex Hall Jr. is a public safety reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. You can reach him at rhall2@mlive.com. Follow him on Twitter.